Means for producing cross-wound cops in spinning mules and the like



. June 5, 1928.

. H. S. GOLLAND MEANS FOR PRODUCING CROSS WOUND COPS IN SPINNING MULES AND THE LIKE Filed April 9, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet l FIG.

ATTORNEYS.

June 5, 1928. 1,672,024

H. s; GOLLAND MEANS FOR PRODUCING CROSS WOUND COPS IN SPINNING MULES AND THE LIKE Fil April 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 5, 1928. 1,672,024

H. s. GOLLAND MEANS you raonuc me cnoss wounn coPs IN smmme MULES AND THE LIKE Filed A ril 9, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 June 5, 1928. 1,672,024

' H. s. GOLLAND MEANS FOR PRODUCING GROSS WOUND COPS IN SPINNING MULES AND THE LIKE Filed April 9, 192'? k I 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 h TTO amars.

Patented June 5, 19 28.

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.HEANS FQR. BRODUCING CBOSS-WOUND COPS IN SPINNING MULES AND TEE mm Application filed. April 9;.1927, Serial No..182,258, and in Great'Britain- July 21, 1926..

These. improvements have reference to means for. effecting the cross-winding of yarn. in spinning mules and such like as the and for which I did. not apply for.corre-- l0 sponding United. States patents.

These. present ments upon the subject-matter of the former British patentsand' particularly the Iast two 7 recited ones; 1.5

. carried in a bracket or brackets to support the. mechanism from. orin connection with the,carriage,.and I further support the short shafts by other pendent; brackets. wh1chem brace the winding, taller shaft and the crosswinding, shaft, .thus affording additional structures for the support or suspension 7 V short shafts. Insteadof actuatmgfthe swing bracket. directly by toothed, gear from the winding faller shaft,. as" in myipr or British specification 238,804,. I' nowoperate the sameby lever and. link mechanism acting on; a. swing bracket. as it is found that due toiback-la'sh. following, wear a. toothed gear interconnection is not. entirely satisfactory over as Tong peniodl. I'la-lso' provide means tohold or. support the swivel plate in a definite position whilst the; carriage. is running out and spinning, such. means being. worked. by 35 the actuated swing bracket aforesaid by suitable. interconnecting means. In. order to permit; variation. of movement or liftof. the crossrwinding wine 1'; provide for an ad ustmerit offthe operated link. in a. slotted plate which plate is influenced as befonefby a. shaper cam plate; All-these features are shown combined iii the improved construction hereafter describedin detail, and with.

reference tothe attached four sheets of drawings; v

Referrin -mo said drawings 2.- V Fig l is a sectionalside elevation of one head or an assembl' attachmentfor application t'othe carriage of a spinning mule, 50, the; position of the parts being the bottom position, say when commencing winding'ofv the'cop bottom.

Fig: 2:shows a similar view from the opposite hand the position again beingthat' as; forstarting winding; In the-Figs. l and 2 position.

improvements are devel'op-' from the bolster rail orfotherwise. 'I' still use, one, two orv more short shafts,

certain features seen inone viewlare omitted from theother. f

Fig. 3 isa sectional side elevation but withthe'mechanism in a difif'erent position that is the spinning position and not the winding Fig. 4' shows a-front view of Fig. 1.

I prefer to use a similar bracket. a for the head or heads of mechanism= according. I as towhether one, two-,or more aroused;v to N} that shown and. described in: my British Pat. out 238,804, this bracket being bolted to the carriage framing and held by tie bolts. at h To J further; support the, short shaft 6 I. use 'w brackets or hangers b which. embrace theshaft ends andare clipped on the winding} faller shaft 0. and the across-winding shaft d. Lock-nuts b fitqthe ends of the I short shaft b andkeep the bracketsfbf ineplace and lock the short; shaft. and the pants Susi tainedthereby. Upon the windi'n'g fallershaft c is fixed a lever e and this lever is connected by a piv--v oted" link 6- 1)'iVOi'i-d. in turn. to. a swing, bracket f loose'on thefshort shaft" 6 Loose on t h'e short shaft 6 andfixed to onearm of the main bracket. a by tvvodistancing. pins g is a disc or wheel. g cut withteeth at g'f and g Journalled,in the swing bracket fis a disc h. whichever a portion of. its periphery has teeth hf anda cam piece 722..

'Asknow'n from my former recited patcuts, the windingfaller. shaft 0. is; oscillated due to a bowlsupporting the bootdeg run: ni'ngup and} down four or. more or lessinclines on a copping mu which. rail, is lowered as known as the cop building proceeds Vhen the bowl supporting. the' boot-leg. moves up and down on the copping; rail the winding fallershaft is oscillated and the lever arm 6 is influenced and this, through k which is'fulcrumed at is. As the ratchet is worked in one direction, and the shaper the plate Z is vibrated indirectly from thelever arm 6. Consequently, vibratory motion transmitted through the boot-leg lever from the four or more or less inclines on the capping rail to the winding faller shaft 0 istransmitted to the plate Z.

The plate Z has a curved slot Z cut therein. From this slot is a link connection 77?. the same extending from the slot Z to a short lever arm a fixed on the cross-winding shaft (Z which carries the cross-winding sickles n and longitudinal cross-winding wire 02 By adjusting the position of the lower end of the link m in the slot Z the amount of movement imparted by the plate Z to the link on lever arm n and cross-wind ing shaft (Z can be regulated. As a conse quence the greatei'"or less movement of the cross-winding wire is provided for without having to vary the depth of the inclines on the'copping rail. A detachable fastening m secures thelower end of the link on to theslot moving between the dotted positions 70 and k In order to ensure the swivel plate 2' always occupying a proper and definite position whilst the carriage is running out, and spinning is taking place, holding means are provided worked from the swing bracket-f actuated by the lever and link mechanism 6, 6. Such means consist of .a bracket 12 centred at p and'having a pin 2 playing in a slot 7 in the swing bracket 7. l/Vhen the bowl i" escapes from the cam h due to the downward movement of the outer end of the swivel plate i the slot f has influenced the pin 12 to such an extent as to raise thehorned end 71 of bracket 39 into the position shown in Fig. 3. In this position the horned end 39 of bracket 79 forms a definite abutment and bears against a' bowl 2' on the corner of the swivel plate 71 as clearly shown in the Fig. 3. When winding is taking place, the swing bracket 7'' is vibrated as will be understood but does not move to such an extent as to allow the slot f to influence the pin 9 and therefore the bracket p is unlocked and is in the inoperative position as in Fig. 1 and so does not lock or support the swivel plate 2'. When the backing off commences and swing bracket f begins to descend the lower extremity of link 6 encounters the stop 2' and so properly positions the swivel plate 71 (as shown in Fig.1) which is perfectly held until link 6 again begins to ascend. I

The moving parts on theshort shaft 6 and between the arms ofthe bracket a are preferably separated by ball bearings as Fig. 4 indicates.

The mutilated disc 1 corresponds tothe discs 2' and 0 respectively in my former British Patents 230,368 and 238,804 and it is rotated by the pinion wheels j j ,'its' function being to support the shaper cam plate is by acting on the bowl 1 allowing the bowl to enter the bite until the cop bottom is fully formed. Thereafter, the bowl (1' bears on the annular periphery to said disc g. Thus the disc safeguards the 'posi-' tion of thecross-winding wire.

The pawl 0 actuates the shaper cam plate during winding and the shaper cam plate controls the cross-winding faller shaft during the actual winding. Aft-er thepawl 0 has been disengaged by the projection 0 before the backing off it is clear that, on releasing the pawl, said pawl slips over the proper starting position, as will be undere stood from my former patents. v

I declare that what I claim is:

1. In a cross-winding attachment for spin-l 11mg males, the combination of an oscllla- 2. In a cross-windii' g attachment for spinning mules, the combination of an oscillatory winding faller shaft, an oscillatory cross-winding shaft and a short supporting shaft all disposed in parallel relation to each other, means carried by saidshort shaft for operating said cross-winding shaft, and lever connections between said faller shaft and said operating means for actuating the same.

3. In a cross-winding attachment for spinning mules, the combination of an oscillatory winding faller shaft, an oscillatory cross-winding shaft and a short supporting shaft all disposed in parallel relation to each other, a swing bracket mounted for oscillaratchet teeth until it again re-locks at the tory movement on said short -shaft,lever. conswivel plate mounted for pivotal movement on said short shaft, coperating means carried by said swing bracket and swivel plate for causing pivotal movement of the latter, and means operated by said swivel plate for oscillating said cross-windin shaft.

4. In a cross-winding attac ment for spinning mules, the combination of an oscillatory winding faller shaft, an oscillatory cross-Winding shaft and a short supporting shaft all disposed in parallel relation to each other, a swing bracket mounted for oscillatory movement on said short shaft, lever connections between said faller shaft and said swing bracket for operating the latter,

a swivel plate mounted for pivotal move ment on said short shaft, cooperating means carried by said swing bracket and swivel plate for causing pivotal movement of the latter, and-means operated by said swivel plate for oscillating said cross-winding shaft, said last means being adjustable there by to vary the amplitude of said oscillatory movement.

5. In a cross-winding attachment for, spinning mules, the combination of an oscillatory winding faller shaft, an oscillatory cross winding shaft and a short supporting shaft all disposed in parallel relation to each other, a swing bracket mounted for oscillatory movement on said short shaft, lever connectionsbetween said faller shaft and said swing bracket for operating the latter, a

swivel plate mounted for pivotal movement on said short shaft, cooperating means carried by said swing bracket and swivel plate for causing pivotal movement of the latter, means operated by said swivel plate for oscillating said cross-winding shaft, and automatically operative means for supporting the swivel plate during the spinning operation.

6. In a cross-winding attachment for spinning mules, the combination of an oscillatory winding faller shaft, brackets suspended from said shaft, a short supporting shaft mounted in said brackets, a crosswinding shaft'disposed in parallel relation to said faller shaft and short shaft, a swing bracket carried by said short shaft, means between said swing bracket and cross-winding shaft for operating the latter, and lever mechanism between the winding faller shaft and said swing bracket for actuating the bracket,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HENRY STAFFORD GOLLAND. 

